Volume

Minimum Volume

Container

Storage Instructions

Maintain specimen at room temperature.

Stability Requirements

Temperature

Period

Room temperature

7 days

Refrigerated

7 days

Causes for Rejection

Cell pellets suspended in fixatives (examples of fixative such as acetone, acetic acid, etc); DNA extracted from FFPE (formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded) tissue and bone core; any separating blood collection tubes, red-top tubes, serum or plasma and tissue; specimen more than 14 days old (unless classified as irretrievable, in which case permission from the LabPMM medical director is required to proceed with testing)